protestation

Questions about protestation

What does protestation mean?

protestation means "a formal and solemn declaration of objection". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in protestation?

protestation has 4 syllables: pro-tes-ta-tion. The stress falls on "ta". In IPA it is /ˌpɹoʊˌtɛˈsteɪʃən/.

What is another word for protestation?

Close synonyms include protest. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is protestation a common word?

protestation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with protestation?

12 words rhyme with protestation. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.